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Ardynomys saskatchewaensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy
Sciurus saskatchewaensis was named by Lambe (1908). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Prosciurus saskatchewaensis by Russell (1934), Wood (1937), Wood (1962), Wood (1980); it was recombined as Prosciurus saskatchewensis by Russell (1972); it was misspelled as Ardynomys saskatchewensis by Storer (1978); it was recombined as Ardynomys saskatchewaensis by Emry and Korth (1996), Storer (1996).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2015-11-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Sciurus saskatchewaensis Lambe
1934Prosciurus saskatchewaensis Russell
1937Prosciurus saskatchewaensis Wood
1962Prosciurus saskatchewaensis Wood
1972Prosciurus saskatchewensis Russell p. 20 figs. Fig. 5D-i;Fig. 6a-g
1978Ardynomys saskatchewensis Storer p. 15
1980Prosciurus saskatchewaensis Wood
1996Ardynomys saskatchewaensis Emry and Korth
1996Ardynomys saskatchewaensis Storer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
familyCylindrodontidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusArdynomys
speciessaskatchewaensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. S. Russell 1972Upper fourth premolar and molars with relatively simple patterns. Protocone prominent; hypocone rudimentary to moderate; protoloph a continuous crest; anteroloph connected buccally with paracone, forming with protoloph a closed valley; posteroloph connected buccally with metacone, but metaloph reaching only to the well-defined metaconule; mesostyle rudimentary or absent. Lower fourth premolar and molars with protruding metaconid and marginal protoconid and hypoconid; mesoconid distinct, connected to pro- toconid and hypoconid by M-shaped ectolophid; hypoconid and entoconid connected only by posterolophid, the hypolophid represented at most by a minute spur from the entoconid; mesostylid small or absent.
J. E. Storer 1978Size of Ardynomys occidentalis; anterior and posterior cingula meet paracone and metacone, closing off valleys; protoconule absent, protoloph stout, complete; metaconule single, large, distinct, metaloph complete but low near protocone; strong cross-connection between metaconule and posterior cingulum; hypocone small;
q metaloph broader than protoloph.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Ardynomys saskatchewaensis (16919)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) Ardynomys saskatchewensis (16991)